Paper Toys for your Cabinet of Curiosities

The French National Library is one of my favourite places to time travel when I need a good distraction, especially since they have so much of their archives online to get lost in on the Gallica BNF website. Today I found a file with a rather large collection of paper toys of Christmas past from the early…

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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXVIII)

1. Pyramid of Unas “The sword of Orion opens the doors of the sky. Before the doors close again the gate to the path Over the fire, beneath the holy ones as they grow dark As a falcon flies as a falcon flies, may Unis rise into this fire Beneath the holy ones as they…

The Most Radioactive Place in New York City

The street in front of Alberto Rodriguez’s auto repair shop in Queens is radioactive. There is also a deli and a construction business on the same block where the first contamination happened almost a hundred years ago. This is the story of New York’s most radioactive site that is now New York City’s third superfund…

Pinterest Trend du Jour: Hair Braiding No Average Woman could Possibly Achieve

We’ve got fishtails, french crowns, greek style, cage buns, cross plaits and five strands– who knew there were so many impossibly intricate ways to braid hair. Are there braiding schools I missed out on? Pinterest ofcourse, is the place to find your hair braiding inspiration. [Follow Shelly McOwen] [Follow Emily Sanborn]…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CXLIV)

1. Train Travel in the 1800s The interior of a Rococo period Pullman train car. Found on the Newberry Library. 2. An opera house on the US–Canada border where the stage is in one country and half the audience is in another The Haskell Free Library & Opera House. 3. Tarantino’s original cast wish list for…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXVI)

1. The ‘Hippiedilly’ Squat on Hyde Park Corner in 1969 Found on Flashbak. 2. The British Library has a collection of over 60 million newspapers stored in an airtight, low-oxygen room The latest, state-of-the-art facility featuring robotic cranes to retrieve newspapers from shelving that are 20 metres (65 feet) high. The newspapers are stored…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXV)

1. Living in a old Sea Captain’s House Our favourite decorator, John Derian, lives in an 18th-century Provincetown home that once belonged to a sea captain. “ I renovated the plumbing and electric, but left the rest of the house how it was, even the peeling wallpaper. A year afterward, my brother visited and said, ‘Take your time…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXIV)

1. An artist’s interpretation of how iconic faces would look if they fit 2018’s beauty standards By collage artist Mat Maitland. 2. A Hollywood Special Effects Artist turned Hyper-Realistic Sculptor You’ve seen his work in films like Planet of the Apes and the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, now discover the new personal work…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXIII)

1. Inside a 1926 Rolls Royce Found on Mansions of the Gilded Age. 2. This Rare Midcentury Beauty for Sale Only seven of the fibreglass caravans – designed by industrial engineer Chuck Pelly in 1962 with an original price tag of $8,500 – were ever made and only two thought to still exist. Following its…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXII)

1. This Incredible antique lover’s Parisian atelier is for sale Listed here, found via The Spaces. 2. An art deco-inspired business jet Found on Design Boom made by this private jet company (interesting to see how the other half go private airplane shopping). 3. A woman wears scraps in an aircraft manufacturing site like…